{"id":110418,"date":"2021-01-05T16:42:54","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T23:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=110418"},"modified":"2021-01-05T16:42:54","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T23:42:54","slug":"investigation-launched-as-2-people-die-in-norway-nursing-home-days-after-receiving-pfizers-covid-19-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/01\/05\/investigation-launched-as-2-people-die-in-norway-nursing-home-days-after-receiving-pfizers-covid-19-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigation launched as 2 people die in Norway nursing home days after receiving Pfizer\u2019s Covid-19 vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\nThe Norwegian Medicines Agency has announced that two nursing home residents passed away days after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, and that an investigation has been launched into the deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have to assess whether the vaccine is the cause of death, or if it is a coincidence that it happened soon after vaccination,\u201d<\/em> Medical Director Steiner Madsen said in a statement<\/a> about the deaths. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also noted that, because people of advanced age are receiving the vaccine first, it is entirely possible the deaths could be coincidental. Around 400 people die every week in Norwegian nursing homes. ALSO ON RT.COM<\/strong>\u2018Sooner than expected & DIFFERENT vaccine\u2019: Dutch PM explains Netherlands caught off guard by Pfizer jab approval amid criticism<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The agency, along with the National Institute of Public Health, are looking into the deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reported side effects from the vaccine have been minor and temporary, although there have been reports of allergic reactions in the US and UK among people who had a history of such. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Numerous government officials have received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, including US Vice President Mike Pence. Vaccinations with the drug began in Norway on December 27.ALSO ON RT.COM<\/strong>Health authorities on alert after nurse DIES following vaccination with Pfizer\u2019s Covid-19 shot in Portugal<\/strong>
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Coutesy RT The Norwegian Medicines Agency has announced that two nursing home residents passed away days after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, and that an investigation has been launched into the deaths. We have to assess whether the vaccine is the cause of death, or if it is a coincidence that it happened soon after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category--19-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110418\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}